Leveraging challenges

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A couple of months ago I was thinking about what Rose and I would have for dinner. I realized that I didn't have much at home and that we would have to either buy food or order in. But then I had the brilliant thought of, get this, leveraging my potatoes!

Yes, I work in high-tech sales with marketing right behind me.

A few years ago a female friend who was having trouble with a boyfriend was venting to me, and I asked her what the added value of having him around was. She looked at me like I had a third ear. I felt dirty. Unclean. Marketing-speak has entered my everyday vocabulary with friends. Thankfully, those are the only two times it has ever happened to me. Image is everything, and problems don't exist in marketing. It too often sounds like a bullshit generator. Mike says:
Imagine when you're talking to a friend about your significant other and their sex life, and you advise him, "You're really going to have to connect with her and level set her with regards to her expectations." Nothing destroys camaraderie faster.
I'd like to strangle the one who decided to bastardize the word "challenge". It's so bad that people in French say challenger. They probably say "challenju" in Japanese.
Speaking of Japanese, have a nice, wholesome Tokyo Breakfast.

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Hey! It's not my fault I have a loyal following!And I did clearly state that you did all the work! Don't leave me now, I haven't figured out MT yet! Hee.

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